Rein-holder



(No Model.)

B. M. WINFREY 82; A. G. BRANHAM.

REIN HOLDER.

No. 340,849. Patented Apr. 2'7 1886.

M M 7W Z J WITNESSES UNITED STATES EDGAR M. \VINFREY AND ALBERT G.

BRANHAM, OF FORT VORTI-I, TEXAS.

RElN-HQLDER.

SIECIFECATION forming part of Letter Application filed March 10, 1886.

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDGAR M. WINEREY and ALBERT G. BRANHAM, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Fort \Vorth, in the county of Tarrant andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrivingein Holders; and we do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of our invention, andFig. 2 a cross-section thereof.

The present invention has relation to that class of driving-rein holdersin which a bracket is employed for attaching to the dash-board of thevehicle, and provided at one end with a standard, to which is pivoted aswinging jaw held down in position to hold the reins by means of aspring coiled around the pivot, the jaw having aconvex corrugated faceto more securely hold the reins.

It is the object of the present invention to improve the construction ofthe above class of driving-rein holders; and it consistsin theconstruction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

sents the stationary jaw of the reiirholder, formed with a perforatedfastening-shank, B, which may be attached either by screws or rivets ina vertical or horizontal position to any. part of the vehicle preferred.The shank B is cast with astandard, G, whichis provided, with anL-shaped stop, a, on one side, and a fulcrum-rod, b, on the oppositeside.

To the standard 0 is connected a frame, D,

4 formed with a jaw, 15, which moves with the frame, the latter beingpivotally connected to the standard by an adj usting-rod, F,screwthreaded at one end,and provided with a suit able head at theother. The rod F passes loosely through perforations in the frame D, andthe screw-threaded end thereof engages with ascrewthreaded hole in thestandard 0, thereby admitting of the endwise adjustment of the frame tobring the end in frictional con- 5o tact with the side of the standardto a greater In the accompanying drawings, A repre 5 Patent No.340,849,dated April 27, 1886.

Serial No. 194,745. (No model.)

or less degree, as found desirable, to take a portion of the strain offthe spring G; or, by unscrewing the rod F to a slight extent, thebearing portion ofthe rod in alougitndinal direction is increased,allowing the frame D to hang suspended on the rod without any frictionalcontact with the standard, thus depending wholly on the action of thespring. The spring G is coiled around the rod F, one arm thereofentering into a perforation, c, in the jaw E, and the other arm of thespring having a hook, (I, to catch under the fulcrum-rod b.

The faces of the jaws A E are serrated, and the serrated'face of theformer is at an acute angle from a perpendicular, so that when the reinsare held between the jaws any pull thereon will be at an anglecorresponding with the incline of the face of the stationary jaw. Inconnection with the serrated face of the jaw E, which is on an arc of acircle or convex in form, the fiat and angular serrated face of the jawA will cause the jaws to bite the reins much harder.

A lug, 0, having one or more perforations and depending from the undersideof the jaw A, may be employed as an additional fastening for thedevice when required.

The ends of the jaws A 1*] are conical or beveled, as shown at f, toform a space between them at their extremities, to facilitate theinsertion of the reins between them.

A rein-holder constructed as above described is both simple andeffective, and there is no danger of it getting outof order, and isequally applicable to all classes of vehicles, street-cars, andfarm-machinery when a team is hitched thereto.

In using the device the driving-reins are between the jaws A E, thisbeing facilitated by the conical shape of the end of the jaws, as shownat f, the pressure of the upper jaw upon the reins holding themsecurely, and to remove the reins they are drawn toward the driver andupward, the upper jaw thereby loosening its grip, when the reins may beslipped out from between thejaws.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

first pulled toward the driver,and are slipped In a driving-rein holder,a stationary gripfulcrum-rod and the opposite end entering a ping-jawhaving an inclined serrated face, a perforation in the movable jaw,substantially shank extending out to one side in a horizonas and for thepurpose set forth. tal direction to provide means for attaching the Intestimony that We claim the above we have I 5 5 holder to the dash-boardof the vehicle, a standhereunto subscribed our names in the presence ardprovided with a fulcrum-rod and stop, of two Witnesses.

in combination with a movable jaw having a EDGAR M. WVINFREY. convexserrated face, a frame formed thereon, ALBERT G. BRANHAM. an adjustingscrew-rod connecting the frame to XVitne-sses:

IO the standard, and a spring coiled around said T. P. BOYD,

' rod, one end of the spring hooked around the L. STEARNs.

